Today was a good day. two days left on the Camino. We were supposed to walk 30km today to Laxe but decided to walk only 22km to Lalín. Seems like it was a good choice. There are lots of celebrations happening today.

Inclusive of my oldest graduating today with multiple degrees. Congratulations Miles – I love you and am proud of you.

Today’s walk was about half and half, dirt trails and country roads. It was probably one of the warmer days but not too bad – about 32°C. The walk was through rolling hills and countryside. There were several climbs but none that were difficult. The difficult part was a short climb and descent followed by another, and another, and another. Never long enough to warm up the climbing or descending muscles so they were always in conflict.

My feet are sore. The constant impact on hard surfaces is taking its toll on my heals. Descending is the worst since I place my heel down first. Ascending feels good. A down day is needed, but rain is in the forecast. So we will skip 20km tomorrow and walk 20km. That makes up for two 30km days in a row.

Two more days until Santiago. Bittersweet but happy.